Research & Exploration Speakers

Astronaut, Physician & Everest Summiter

Cosmic Explorer & MIT Professor of Physics

Paleontologist Michael Archer is working to bring back his favorite extinct animal: the Tasmanian tiger.

Youngest Ever Astronaut in Training; Space Travel Enthusiast

World-renowned adventurer & host of "National Geographic Explorer"

Record-Breaking Explorer, Fundraiser & Author

Complexity Theorist & Author of "The Mathematics of Love"

Associate Chief Scientist for Microgravity Research at NASA Headquarters; Aquanaut

Researcher, Consultant & Mars One Astronaut Candidate

CEO of AI Software Company Novamente LLC and Bioinformatics Company Biomind LLC, Chief Scientist at Hanson Robotics, Chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society

Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Founder and Chief Mission Officer, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

Evolutionary Biologist Specializing in Ancient DNA

Director of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford

Founder of the FORTH Innovation Method

Chief Innovation Officer, Government of Sierra Leone

Former Director of Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae; Founder of UpCycle Systems

Marine Biologist, Educator & Filmmaker

Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health

Founder of Safkhet Capital Management